Undergraduate Research

Houghton’s undergraduate computer science students can extend their understanding of computer science by applying their skills to research, either through honors projects or summer research opportunities. Many of these research projects are in the area of bioinformatics, allowing students to apply their understanding of the liberal arts in an integrative way to address important medical issues using the tools of computer science. Such opportunities can be significant in choosing career direction and getting internships or jobs.

Honors Projects:

Students who excel in the standard computer science curriculum are frequently encouraged to take part in an honors project – and extended, multi-semester study that culminates in the production and defense of a final thesis.

Support Vector Machines for Optimizing Multiclass Image Classification Training Time

Nicholas Ruiz 06’

Prediction of MHC Class I and Class II Epitopes Using Boosting and Voting Algorithms

Matt Duguay 07’

A Piecewise Linear Model for siRNA Efficacy Prediction

Carissa Bousfield 08’

Clustering HIV-1 Sequences using the Ant Colony Algorithm

David King 09’

Identification of a Novel Gene Signature for Lung Cancer

Erin Bard 11'

Condon Bias of Influenza Viruses

Keli Fancher 11'

Data StreamSubspace Clustering for Anomalous Network Packet Detection

Zachary Miller 12'

Community Detection and Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Networks

William Deitrick 13'

Community Detection in Dynamic Social Networks

Nathan Aston 14'

The Impact of Twitter Sentiment on Stock Price

Brian Dickinson 15'

Summer Research

Each summer, the a group of computer science students and faculty participate in the Houghton College’s Summer Research Institute. Students in the sciences work closely with faculty mentors on research projects in a variety of topics for a period of five weeks, before giving a presentation of their findings.